A significantly higher percentage of Ki-67-positive nuclei was found in the intestinal smooth musculature of pancreatic cancer patients with a low L3-SMI compared to those patients with a high L3-SMI (8.7 ± 2.1% vs. 6.4 ± 3.2% (p = 0.047), respectively) (Figure 5a,b). This evidence concerns the gene MKI67 and pancreatic neoplasm.